Search Results for: attention span
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Misconceptions About Reading Skill Acquisition
Reading is one of the fundamental life skills that one has to learn to survive in the world. Acquiring this skill is a long process and ... -
A Guide to Expository Writing
Expository writing is used to express factual info. It is the language of understanding the world. Expository writing is everywhere, not just in school settings, as ... -
Top 3 Games That May Help Your Child Read Better
Teaching your child to read can be challenging if you only use story-books because children generally have short attention spans. So, they will end up losing ... -
The Author’s Chair: The Final Step in the Writing Process
Teaching writing skills to students has to do with a lot more than putting words and sentences together. Once students have mastered grammar and narrative writing, ... -
Educator Team Releases Book on Teacher Wellness Just in Time for Corona Crisis
A key chapter of Whole: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive is available to download at no cost as a resource for educators and parents ... -
Robot Teachers Invade Chinese Kindergartens
Robots are a cool aspect that kids enjoy seeing in movies and as toys, but now robots are turning out to be more real than ever ... -
The Secret Science of Learning: 5 Dos and Don’ts
As educators, we sometimes forget the basic concept that teaching does not equal learning. No matter how much effort and care we put into our lessons, ... -
What Else Kids Lose When We Take Away Recess
Once a cornerstone of elementary school, recess is now getting cut from schools more and more often to make way for extra time studying other subjects, ... -
How to Use Breaks to Help Students Refocus
The average person’s attention span is around 15 minutes, but couple that with hours of intense learning, and it is no wonder that we lose the ... -
Critical Thoughts on Immersion and Language Learning
We live in a global, integrated society where perhaps more than ever before fluency in a foreign language is key to success and progress. The benefits ...